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Teach You A Lesson, a K-drama series on Netflix is an intense action, vigilante justice show that makes a social commentary on tackling the broken school system.
Inspired by webtoon adaptation of Get Schooled, the series focuses on dark justice and gets realistic with its brutality and the systemic helplessness. The premise of the show sits around a ruthless bully whose deep political ties shield him from any real accountability in school, thanks to his father's immense influence. He is fearless until his reckless behaviour triggers a profound tragedy that forces Hwa Jin to intervene.
The show parallelly also highlights a teenage social media influencer who actively weaponizes online platforms to spread damaging rumours about the faculty, the heavy psychological toll that suffocating parental demands, and cyberbullying inflict on modern educators.
The show that released on June 5 is highly bingeable and if you are done watching it, here's a list of K-dramas that are equally binge-worthy and newly released on OTT:
Based on a Spanish play by Juan Mayorga El Chico de La Ultima Fila, Notes From The Last Row, is an intense six-episodic psychological thriller that follows a literature professor, Heo Mun-oh, whose own creative writing career has completely stalled after years of failure. This continues until his mundane academic life takes a dark turn when he crosses paths with Lee Kang.
Releasing on Netflix on June 26.
From school transition straight into the world of corporate with See You At Work Tomorrow, an office romance-comedy that circles around the life of a seasoned seven-year product planner who is completely burnt out and keeps himself away from any romantic relationship after a painful breakup.
Releasing on June 22 on Prime video.
A gritty K-thriller, The Lie We Lived, centers around Seo I-do, a cold-blooded contract killer. Dispatched to a secluded house to eliminate a target named Heo Dong-hwa, I-do is suddenly ordered by his boss to stall the hit and keep Dong-hwa captive instead.
Released on Netflix on June 5.
A highly successful plastic surgeon's life takes an abrupt turn when he is assigned to fulfill his mandatory military service as a public health doctor on the remote island of Pyeongdongdo.
Released on June 1 Disney +
A love-hate relationship between a legendary Joseon villainess and a ruthless modern-day chaebol.
Released on Netflix.
An action-thriller based around a mild-mannered bank manager and former elite covert agent, Agent Kim must return to the criminal underworld when his daughter is kidnapped.